Mr. Odell H. Owens, age 89, of Bristol, FL passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014 in Panama City, FL. Odell was born on January 27, 1925 in Liberty County and returned back home to Bristol in 1974. He was a retired United States Veteran serving in the United States Air Force with 26 ½ years of service. Odell served during WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Odell also worked as a fishing guide for the Trout Dock on the White River in Lakeview, Arkansas. He dearly loved hunting, fishing and farming. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethelyn Owens and a brother, Hobert V. Owens. Odell was a member of the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church in Bristol, FL.

Survivors include,

Daughter, Carolyn Paliskis and her husband, Ronald of Bristol, FL

Half-brother, Billy Fred Owens and his wife, Donna of Carrabelle, FL

Half-sister, Helen Rebecca Reese of Blountstown, FL

Three Grandchildren, Eugene Paliskis, Pamela Paliskis Fletcher and her husband, Simon and Alayna Paliskis Tignor and her husband, Brian.

Funeral services will be held Monday, August 4, 2014 at 11:00 am (EDT) at the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church with Reverend Coy Collins officiating. Interment will follow in Meachum Cemetery in Bristol, FL. The family will receive friends Monday, August 4, 2014 from 10:00 am (EDT) until service time at 11:00 am (EDT) at the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church. All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown, FL.[Full Story »]

Ray Harrison Tatum, 64, of Marianna died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at his residence. He was a loving husband and wonderful father and PaPa. He thoroughly enjoyed teaching Sunday school and gardening as well as tinkering in his shop.
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Melissa Diane Williams, age 34, of Bristol, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014 in Blountstown. Melissa was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi but lived in Bristol for the past nine years. She was a homemaker and attended Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church.
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Mr. Claston Lee (Pepper) Boyett, age 55, of Altha, FL passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 in Panama City, FL. Pepper was born on August 13, 1958 in Pensacola, FL and had lived in Calhoun County since 1989 coming from Orlando, FL. He was a retired truck driver and served in the United States Army serving a Tank Driver. Pepper dearly loved trains, fishing and old military movies. He is preceded in death by his father, Jessie Lee Boyett. He was of the Protestant Faith.[Full Story »]

Mrs. Myrtle Loucile Saint, 87, of Rock Bluff, Florida, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, in the Rock Bluff Community.
She was born October 28, 1926, to the late Patrick Henry and Annie Iola (Kyle) Weakley. Ms. Myrtle was a 1944 graduate of Liberty County High School. She retired from the State of Florida as an accountant after thirty years of service. She was a Charter member of Rock Bluff Assembly of God Church and played the piano there for over sixty years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Tracy Saint; and her son, Reverend Patrick Saint.
Survivors include her daughter, Carrolan Ford, and her husband, Clarence, of Lake Butler, Florida; four grandchildren, Lisa Johnson and her husband, Nick, Leigh Ann Pincus and her husband, David, Rick Saint, and Joshua Saint and his wife, Leigh; six great-grandchildren, Brittany Tetstone and her husband, Traye, Lacey Barnett and her husband, Roger, Erika Ward and her husband, Jarod, Andrew Perkins, and Josh and Sarah Pincus; six great-great-grandchildren, Kyler and Kullen Barnett, and Victoria, Jameson, Bristol and Easton Tetstone; and her daughter-in-law Patsy Saint of Clermont, Georgia.
The family will receive friends at 2:00 p.m. ET, Sunday, July 13, at the Rock Bluff Assembly of God Church. Funeral services will follow at 3:00 ET at the Church with Reverend Mitchell Taylor officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Bluff Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to any group that spreads the gospel of Christ.
Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (ph. 850-674-5449) and you may offer the family condolences at adamsfh.com.[Full Story »]

Mr. Wilford Ray Webb, 83, of Bristol, FL, passed away early Tuesday morning, July 8, 2014, at his home.
Ray was born on September 27, 1930, in Bonifay, FL, and had lived in Bristol since 1986, coming from Dade City, FL. He was a retired Heavy Equipment Mechanic and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bristol.
Ray was preceded in death by his father and mother, Hosey Lee Webb and Thelma OZ (Harris) Webb; wife, Glenda Ruth Webb; daughter, Glenda Gail Byrd; and brother, Ralph Webb.
Survivors include his son, Wilford L. Webb, and his wife, Shelia, of Bristol; daughter, Dale Lee, of Dade City; companion, Jacquelyn Kelley, of Bristol; son-in-law, Walter Byrd, of Dade City; two brothers, Lavon Webb and Jerry Webb, both of Bristol; seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three granddaughters-in-law.
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 11, at 11:00 am (EDT) at the First Baptist Church in Bristol with Reverend Roger Phillips, Reverend Ben Armstrong and Reverend Johnny Armstrong officiating. Interment will follow in Winterville Cemetery in Bonifay at 3:00 pm (EDT). The family received friends Thursday, July 10, 2014 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm (EDT) at Peavy Funeral Home.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).
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Mrs. Lula Nix, 78, of Altha, FL, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at her home.
Lula was born on August 1, 1935, in Altha and had lived in Calhoun County for most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith.
Lula was preceded in death by her parents, Marvin Hall and Liddie (Chason) Hall; husband, Stanley Ray Nix; and a son, Dale Porter.
Survivors include a son, Glenn Bates, and his wife, Edith, of Altha; daughters, Glenda Burch and her husband, Larry, of Altha, and Lisa Thompson of Kentucky; brother, Willard Hall, of Altha; sisters, Josephine Kelley of Lakeland, FL, Hilda Trickey and her husband, Kenneth, of Pace, FL, Wilma Middleton and her husband, Ernest, of Altha, Blondell Melton of Altha, and Joan Baker and her husband, Jimmy, of Huntsville, AL; nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 12, at 11:00 am (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Carlton Baggett and Reverend Jack Strader officiating. Interment will follow in Hall Family Cemetery in Altha. The family will receive friends Saturday, July 12, 2014 from 10:00 am until service time at 11:00 am (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).
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